I apologize that this is my shortest chapter yet, but I didn't want to make an awkward flow.
I tiled my head to the girl named Yang. She had a blond tangled mane that flowed all the way down her back and a tan jacket that barely covered her midriff. Her eyes and face softened when she spoke to me.
Silver met lavender eyes.
Another throbbing tension pounded my head. "Yang? Sorry I don't know anyone by the name of Yang," I quickly turned back around to face Weiss and noticed the she was shuffling her feet awkwardly on the floor. "Hey, um- Weiss. I'm really sorry about before. I-"
Suddenly, the blond woman tugged on my cloak to grab my attention.
"What do you mean you don't know anyone by the name of Yang?" The blonde's voice sounded heartbroken.
"Hands off the cloak!" I snarled at her, jerking the red cape from her hands.
The cloak was very important to me because it was a gift from my mom, the closest thing I had that felt like home. It brought me comfort during the darkest nights and kept me warm in the coldest times. And lastly, I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it.
Yang flinched back with a shocked look on her face. For unknown reasons, I felt a twinge in my chest when her shocked face turned into dejection. I turned my head around and noticed the raven hair Faunus and the white heiress weren't here anymore. I quickly glanced at my scroll to check the time. 8:45 A.M.
Oh man, we might be late for orientation.
I turned my attention back to Yang and recognized the same dejected face she still had hanging on. I chewed on the inside of my cheeks and sucked up my pride to bring the girl back to the world of living. "Um, Yang is it? Sorry about earlier. I'm just a little bit sensitive when it comes to my cape. So uh... I hope we can still be friends if we can get passed this whole incident," I used my hands to gesture everything around us. I mustered up an apologetic smile and took off to the main building.
"I-I-I'm sorry sis. P-Please d-don't go."
My back flinched as my ears caught a faint, soft like velvet voice from behind. I immediately stopped my tracks and turned around to face her. I recalled Ozpin's words from the previous night as he mention something about destiny.
"What did you say again?" I cocked my head to the side. More twinges pounded in my chest as I noted her eyes swelling with tears.
"I-I'm sorry."
"No, what did you just called me?" My voice was soft and gentle, almost like a whisper. My ears drooped back and my face lightened up.
"S-sis..."
I let her word sink in for a moment. My memories were like puzzle pieces. They were messily scattered, waiting patiently to be placed into the right spot. Some were probably lost, hiding deep within my subconsciousness behind an unreachable vault. Remaining memories of my blurred face sister flooded my mind as I began to piece Yang's name and her face back into the picture. Not all my memories came rushing back to me, but Yang's did. Tears raced down from my face as I covered my mouth with my two hands to stifle the sounds. My knees were wobbly, and before I knew it, my legs could no longer support the weight of my body.
"Ruby!" Yang cried out.
She ran towards me once I collapsed onto the floor. By the time Yang rushed by my side, I grabbed her hand and jerked her down with me. I tightly coiled my arms around her body and buried my face into the yellow scarf that she had wrapped around her neck. For the first time in these past five years, I cried. My throat tightened as I kept drawing short breaths. Insuppressible sounds escaped from my quivering lips, moistening her neck and her scarf. She draped her arms around me and tenderly brushed the back of my hair with her fingers. I could feel her hot wet tears falling down from her face as her chin trembled on top of my head. Suddenly, she breathed deeply through her nose and exhaled softly. Her mouth opened and then sealed back.
She started to hum.
She began vocalizing a certain song that seemed all too familiar. A song that mom hummed whenever I had a nightmare or when I was down in the dumps. Her silent melody caressed my ears while her ginger touches embraced my hair to the vibration of her lips. And that did it.
Gut-wrenching sobs tore open my chest and my lungs.
Like how I always remembered my sister supposed be, Yang whispered comfortingly into my wolfish ears saying how everything was okay. How our family was now back together. And how much she missed me. Her lips nudged my delicate ears, planting soft kisses. A mixture of tears and spittle soaked through her scarf and onto her skin. I tried to open my mouth to say something but no words can describe what I'm feeling. Happy? Confused? Sad? Angry? No, none of these seemed to be an appropriate description. The emotions that I was feeling right now were far too jumbled up to even be distinguished. But there was one word that could describe my five years.
Lonely
Being a Faunus didn't make it easier to survive in Remnant. No, it was much harder. Harder than when I was living in my world. I couldn't eat grimm. I wasn't born with magic, or naturally gifted because of my race. To be honest, I felt kind of useless. For once, I felt like a worthless piece of trash. I had to work with what I had: the clothes on my back, my predispose knowledge, and my semblance. Since Remnant was dominated by mostly humans, it was difficult to beg on the streets. It made a lot of sense of why the White Fangs were created. Humans normally didn't show any compassion towards Faunus. It was sickening to know that some people would even have the courage to throw insults or physically torment us Faunus.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry Y-Yang." Uncontrollable tears spilled from my eyes. "I-I-I didn't know-"
"Shhh... No Ruby. I'm sorry," Yang interrupted. She bent forward and held me tighter as we sat on the floor. "I shouldn't have left you back then. I should've been there and protected you. We tried looking for you. We all did, but we had no clues... I am so sorry. Dust, I am so so-" Yang choked on her sob before she could finish her sentence. Tears, once again, stained her flawless skin and her body tremored.
"Yang," I gently lifted my head. I met her wet eyes and I gave her a weak smile. With a single swipe of my thumb, I wiped a few tears trickling down her face, then brushed her cheek with the back of my hand. "I-I-It's not y-your f-fault." I took a deep breath to suppress my shaky voice. "It's my fault that I couldn't remember."
"W-w-what? W-what do you mean?"
"I lost some of my memories. I couldn't remember some of the time we spent together, where home was, who my family was, or what they even looked like," I disappointingly explained. I tried looking for them, but it was difficult with the hazy memories. To top it off, no one would even bother to help a lowly Faunus like me. That was why I traveled for 5 long years. I trained and wandered around, searching for home. If I did had any recollection, I would've went back in a heartbeat.
"I'm so sorry Rubes." She kissed the top of my head. "Even though you lost some, we can always make new ones together." Then she shook her head and corrected herself. "No, we definitely will. We will make new memories together. Now and forever in the future." Corners of her lips stretched wide, showing me the brightest smile I had ever seen from the last five years.
"I'm really glad to see you again." Her arms tightened further, constricting my chest.
"Ack- Yang. Crushing me." I managed a laugh out. Dust, I missed her bear hugs that she always gave me back when I was little. Yang's strength never seemed to disappoint me. It was kind of scary to see how much strength she had acquired from these past five years. Compared to her, I only managed to gain the muscles I needed to nonchalantly swing Crescent Rose around.
"Sorry Rubes," Yang sniffled a chuckle and unraveled her arms around my rib cage.
"Umm, Yang. Do you happen to know what time it is?" I sniffed and wiped my damp face with my sleeves.
"Oh yeah let me check," she paused and took out her scroll. "Oh it's only 9:30..."
Her last word trailed off and it took a brief second for it to sink in. We were late. It would make sense considering there was no one around us. However, Yang and I were oblivious to realm of the living as we were both stuck in our little world, trying to rekindle what we thought was lost.
"GAH!" I screeched at the top of my lungs, fumbling back onto my feet. Yang had to plug both ears with her finger to reduce the screeching sound of my high pitched harpy voice. "Yang, we need to go. We're late!"
"Right behind you sis! But Rubes..."
I turned my attention to my long forgotten but now remembered sister.
"Get ready to eat my dust because you're not getting any cookies," she smirked.
I snorted as a response. It's great to have you back Yang.
It truly is.